Mixed martial arts tycoon’s appointment to Meta board comes as Silicon Valley builds ties with incoming US administration

Meta has named three new members to its board of directors, including Dana White, the Ultimate Fighting Championship chief executive who played a key role in the reelection of his longtime friend, President-elect Donald Trump.

Dana White, CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and a longtime friend of President-elect Donald Trump is joining the board of Facebook parent Meta two weeks before the new Trump administration b

White is a close ally of Trump, who has criticised Meta and Zuckerberg for allegedly supporting liberal policies and showing bias against conservatives.

Ultimate Fighting Championship honcho Dana White has joined Meta’s board of directors. He’ll work with mixed martial arts enthusiast Mark Zuckerberg.

Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday that Facebook will roll back its fact-checking program. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

Meta has appointed three new members to its board of directors, including Dana White, the president and CEO of Ultimate Fighting Championship and a key figure in the orbit of incoming President Donald Trump.

Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg has praised White's entrepreneurial skills and his work in turning UFC into a global brand. Zuckerberg wrote in a social media post, "I've admired him a

While talks with UFC CEO Dana White to face Elon Musk didn't lead anywhere, Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg still wants to fight.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta not only kicked us off the platform but censored our supporters and erased our past posts — and it won’t change its ways without a battle.

Mark Zuckerberg decided to do away with Meta’s censorship policies after a Facebook post that he authored in 2023 about martial-arts related knee injury failed to go viral, according to a report. In November 2023,